Bernard L. Schwartz

Thirteen/WNET Educational Broadcasting Corporation

New York City

Bernard L. Schwartz serves as a Trustee for Thirteen/WNET, a flagship station of the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) and the most watched public television station in the United States

At Thirteen/WNET, Bernard Schwartz supports Need To Know, a cross-media initiative built around a wide community of journalists and producers, with input from a savvy engaged audience. Need To Know on PBS covers five primary beats: the economy, the environment and energy, health, national security and culture. Stories, interviews, blogs, video and photo features offer ongoing updates online, with the production teams inviting interaction and input from users who are on the lookout for the latest information on a given subject.

Each week’s online story development will culminate in a weekly one-hour broadcast, curated from the week’s reporting by the various beat teams and co-anchored by Alison Stewart and Jon Meacham.

Bernard Schwartz's commitment to this important series makes it possible for audiences across the United States to have a better understanding of important issues.

Read More about Need To Know on PBS

In addition, as part of the Clinton Global Initiative, Bernard Schwartz provided funding to produce a ninety minute documentary film, entitled Back to School, which was broadcast nationally on September 5, 2006 through PBS. Part of PBS's Wide Angle series, the documentary and its associated activities examined the inequities of global education and raised change-effecting awareness of the crucial social and economic benefits of educating children - especially girls - worldwide.

Wide Angle Briefing Site on Back to School

For more information, visit the Thirteen/WNET web site.

December 14, 2011 - Thirteen/WNET Produces Documentary on N-YHS

New York's public television station, Thirteen/WNET, has produced "Treasures of New York: The New-York Historical Society," a film that details the history and mission of one of the nation's foremost research libraries and the transformation of New York's first museum.